Stop-motion animation software allows students to demonstrate their understanding of educational concepts using iPads

BOSTON, MA, February 25, 2013 – The new myCreate app, offered by iCreate to Educate, allows students to easily express their ideas through the hands-on creation of videos. Using anything from classroom resources to household items, students demonstrate their understanding of common core content. Videos are then saved to personal albums and/or shared with educators, peers and family via Facebook, YouTube, Vimeo or HapYak, which lets you add personalized comments and drawings on the video.

Klutz Book of Animation and iCreate to Educate’s myCreate app make it easy for children to create stop-motion animation videos

BOSTON, MA, February 21, 2013 – Lights, camera, action! Parents can bring out the budding filmmaker in their child just in time for the 85th annual Oscars awards show on Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 7 PM (EST), and provide great educational opportunities for using an iPad by getting them the book The Klutz Book of Animation and the myCreate app.

WILMINGTON, DE, February 19, 2013 – The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) has launched round two of its LRMI publisher survey, asking the educational resource community to share insights around discoverability, metadata, and the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI), a project that aims to improve discoverability of quality learning resources online. A co-leader of the LRMI, AEP expects to see increased awareness about the project since the first deployment of the survey in Spring 2012. The survey is available online from February 19 through March 5, 2013.

Responses will highlight challenges around discoverability of quality educational resources

WILMINGTON, DE, February 19, 2013 – The Association of Educational Publishers (AEP) has launched round two of its LRMI educator survey, asking teachers, library media specialists, curriculum specialists, and others involved in searching for educational resources to share their experiences and challenges. A co-leader of the Learning Resource Metadata Initiative (LRMI) to improve learning resource discoverability online, AEP also hopes to get a sense of how much awareness of the LRMI has increased since the first deployment of the survey in Spring 2012. The survey is available online from February 19 through March 5, 2013.

Smart Toys and Games adds IQ and strategy-building to popular license

SAN FRANCISCO – February 11, 2013 – Smart Toys and Games, Inc., (Toy Fair Booth #2619) a leading producer of award-winning single-player logic games and the SmartMax® magnetic construction system, has partnered with the popular license Angry Birds to develop strategy games that are sure to challenge young and old alike.

From preschool Bunnies to Viking ships, Smart’s games entertain and educate

SAN FRANCISCO – February 10, 2013 – Smart Toys and Games, Inc., (Toy Fair Booth #2619) a leading producer of award-winning single-player logic games and the SmartMax® magnetic construction system, is introducing several new games at this year’s Toy Fair 2013, including Bunny Peek a Boo, Vikings, IQ Link, Back 2 Back, Tangoes Brainiac Edition, and a newly revised Tangoes Jr.

SAN FRANCISCO, February 7, 2013 – PresenceLearning, the leader in online speech therapy services for K-12 students, is now offering online occupational therapy (OT) to help schools and districts better – and more efficiently – serve their students with special needs. With PresenceLearning’s OT services, highly qualified therapists use evidence-based practices to deliver one-on-one or small group therapy to students via PresenceLearning’s online platform.

iCreate partners with Kaplan Early Learning Company and its sister companies to enhance the way children learn worldwide

BOSTON, MA – February 1, 2013 – iCreate to Educate announces a forthcoming strategic partnership with Kaplan Early Learning Group. Although specific details of the investment remain undisclosed, the aim of this partnership is to better leverage each company’s product line and strengthen its mutual market presence.